************************************************************** ** To submit an announcement to E-News or to read this ** ** issue or past issues on the web go to: ** ** ** ** http://www.unl.edu/e-news ** ************************************************************** In this Issue of UNL E-News: Feb 22, 2005 ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Business and Finance Symposium Series 2. UNL Computer Shop Presidents' Day Sale 3. Learn the basics of digital cameras 4. UAAD Accepting Nominations for Oldt and Donaldson Awards 5. UNL Chapter of Sigma Xi Solicits Nominations for Awards 6. Shades of Leadership Nominations 7. Notify Parking & Transit of License Plate Changes 8. EPSCoR's Nebraska Research Expo Registration Extended 9. Fiscal Year End Deadline - Board of Regents Approval 10. Lunch Menu for UNL East Campus Dairy Store 11. Reminder: March counseling schedule for TIAA-CREF 12. Reminder: March counseling schedule for Fidelity EVENTS TO ATTEND: 13. UNL to Award $1,000 Prize at Real Nebraska Movie Awards March 3 14. Spaghetti Splash Honors Twirler's Memory 15. Guerrilla Girls seminar moved to Nebraska Union auditorium 16. College of Law Open House on Saturday, February 26 17. Volunteer for the Vets - Feb. 25th! 18. The UNL Research Fair is March 8, 9 and 10 19. 53rd Nebraska Symposium on Motivation 20. Celebration of Graduate Student Work is March 4 21. Sigma Xi Student Research Poster Competition - March 10 22. Agronomy and Horticulture Seminar 23. Author Dorothy Allison to Speak at UNL March 3 24. Biological Sciences Seminar Series 25. SNR Seminar February 23 26. School of Natural Resources Seminar March 2 27. Center for Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar Series 28. Ctr Matls Res/North Cent States Nanosys Consort Seminar Mar. 9 29. Feb. 25th Stout Lecture 30. Psychology Colloquium 31. Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences Special Seminar 32. Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series 33. Clinical Neuropharmacology 34. Bus. & Fin. Symposium - March 1 35. Role of the Supervisor Seminar - March 2 36. Gain assertive skills - Seminar March 9 37. Creating & Managing Teams - Seminar March 16 38. Communicate in Difficult Situations - Seminar March 23 39. Graduate Studies Workshop: Grants Management 101 40. Workshops on Incorporating Service-Learning into Your Course 41. Saturn, Comet Macholz and Moon at Student Observatory 42. Job Search Workshop, Tuesday March 1: Negotiating the Job Offer 43. Conversations for First Year Doctoral Students, Thurs. Feb. 24 44. OASIS Study Skill: Writing Workshop 45. Dr. Patrick Dennis from NSF about the Grant Submission Process 46. Shakespeare's Sister 47. Farooka Gauhari: An Afghan Woman's Story 48. All American Yemeni Girls 49. IRB 101: Common Protocol Errors 50. UNOPA March Meeting 51. Toastmasters' EC Speakers: Help for the Tongue-Tied 52. NU Skills - Learn to Present with POWER February 24 ARTS AND MEDIA: 53. Annual Studio Art Undergraduate Exhibition opens Feb. 28 54. Steel Art: Japanese Swords. . . 55. "Creating Communities Creating Change" Art Show 56. Now playing @ THE ROSS 57. UNL Wind Ensemble Performance 58. UNL Symphonic Band Performances 59. Heartland of America Band Performance 60. "Riverdance" at the Lied Center this week 61. Live UNO Maverick Hockey on Nebraska ETV 62. State High School Swimming & Diving Finals on Nebraska ETV 63. NETV's "Statewide" Reports on Youth Obesity ************************************************************************* 1. Business and Finance Symposium Series The various areas wthin Bus. & Fin. are presenting a series of workshops entitled "Business and Finance Symposium" every Tuesday throughout the Spring Semester. A complete listing of the topics can be found on the website listed below. A target audience is listed for each topic, however, anyone who is interested may attend (registration is not required). Questions should be directed to 472-7907. http://busfin.unl.edu/bfsite/BFSymposium.htm ************************************************************************* 2. UNL Computer Shop Presidents' Day Sale The UNL Computer Shop will have a Presidents' Day White/Clearance Sale. Stop by February 21, 22 or 23 to see their new line of white merchandise and also to save on their clearance items. They will be featuring the new iPod Shuffle and the Mac Mini. They have three locations to serve you better: East Campus Union, Nebraska Union, and the 501 Building. http://sales.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 3. Learn the basics of digital cameras Thinking of buying or have already bought a digital camera or digital video camera? Information Services is offering workshops on the basics of how they work, what to look for when buying one, the best way to capture good video or take good photos. Learn how to get the most out of your digital camera or digital video camera. training@unl.edu http://itgtraining.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 4. UAAD Accepting Nominations for Oldt and Donaldson Awards UAAD is now accepting nominations for the Oldt and Donaldson Awards, which will be presented at Founders Day on March 30th. The Oldt Award recognizes employees who demonstrate exceptional service and dedication to UNL and the Donaldson Award recognizes outstanding management skills. For more information on eligibility and to download nomination forms, see the UAAD website listed below. http://uaad.unl.edu/awards.htm ************************************************************************* 5. UNL Chapter of Sigma Xi Solicits Nominations for Awards (1) Outstanding Scientist Award (2) Outstanding Young Scientist Award (3) Outstanding Graduate Student Award (4) Outstanding Science Librarian Award (5) Outstanding High School Science Teacher Award (6) Support of Research Award Nominations are due on or before Friday, March 4, 2005. Details of each award and the nomination procedure may be viewed on the chapter's web page: http://www.sigmaxi.org/chapters/web/nebraska ************************************************************************* 6. Shades of Leadership Nominations The Shades of Leadership award is sponsored by the Office of Academic Support and Intercultural Services. Each year we honor students, faculty and staff who have made significant contributions to minority relations here at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Nomination forms can be picked up at the Culture Center and must be received by Friday, March 11. ************************************************************************* 7. Notify Parking & Transit of License Plate Changes Since the issuance of new license plates this year will change most plate numbers, please notify the Parking and Transit Services Office of any license plate number changes. For your convenience you may call 472-1800 between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, or send an email to park@cwis.unl.edu to update your information. ************************************************************************* 8. EPSCoR's Nebraska Research Expo Registration Extended EPSCoR is extending the Nebraska Research Expo 05 registration deadline for display/poster presentations to March 18, 2005. The deadline for attendance registration is April 1, 2005. The Expo will provide academic and business researchers opportunities to showcase research, exchange ideas, and hear distinguished speakers. For more information, go to our web site, and click on Nebraska Research Expo or call the EPSCoR Office at 472-8946. http://epscor.unl.edu/index.shtml ************************************************************************* 9. Fiscal Year End Deadline - Board of Regents Approval Purchases over $400,000 require specific formal approval by the Board of Regents. Friday, April 1, 2005 is the deadline for submitting these requisitions to Purchasing to assure Board approval can be sought at their early June meeting. Questions should be directed to 472-2126. ************************************************************************* 10. Lunch Menu for UNL East Campus Dairy Store The UNL Dairy store lunch menu is now available online. Stop in and try some of our new lunch items! The Dairy Store is located at 38th and Holdrege on East Campus. http://www.dairystore.unl.edu/lunch.htm ************************************************************************* 11. Reminder: March counseling schedule for TIAA-CREF A TIAA-CREF consultant will be available in the Wick Alumni Center Library, March 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 30 and 31, and the East Campus Union, March 24 (room posted), to provide free one-on-one counseling sessions. Why not take advantage of this opportunity to discuss investment planning issues ... sign up today by calling 1-800-842-2009, Ext. 2328, or log on to the web page listed. http://www.tiaa-cref.org/moc ************************************************************************* 12. Reminder: March counseling schedule for Fidelity A Fidelity Consultant will be in the Nebraska Union, March 15, and the East Union, March 16, to provide free one-on-one counseling sessions. The room will be posted. Why not take advantage of this opportunity to discuss investment planning issues . . . sign up today by calling Reservation Systems 1-800-642-7131. ************************************************************************* 13. UNL to Award $1,000 Prize at Real Nebraska Movie Awards March 3 The Real Nebraska Movie Awards will be held at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center on Thursday, March 3rd at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. All eight contestant movies will be shown, as well as, presentations of technical awards, three $250 runners-up prizes and the $1,000 Grand Prize. The first 100 attendees will receive a free bag of popcorn. http://realnebraska.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 14. Spaghetti Splash Honors Twirler's Memory The Student Alumni Association, Innocents Society and Mortar Board will host a Spaghetti Splash dinner at the Wick Center March 4, 5-8 p.m. Proceeds will be used for the Bob Foehlinger Memorial Fountain, in memory of the UNL twirler who died in May 2003. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the URL below or at the Wick Center. http://www.bobby.huskeralum.com ************************************************************************* 15. Guerrilla Girls seminar moved to Nebraska Union auditorium Due to overwhelming response, the Guerrilla Girls' seminar "The Subversive Use of Information" on Thursday, February 24 from 1:30 - 3 p.m. has been moved to the Nebraska Union auditorium. This opportunity for students to meet with these activist artists and to learn how they change minds by maximizing the power of information will provoke students to think about what information could be useful to their own activist campaigns. To register for this event, students should phone the Textiles, Clothing and Design department at 472-2911 or the Women's Studies Program at 472-9392. http://www.guerrillagirls.com ************************************************************************* 16. College of Law Open House on Saturday, February 26 The University of Nebraska College of Law will host its annual open house from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 26, at Ross McCollum Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus. The event is free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended. For more information, please call 472-2161. http://www.unl.edu/lawcoll/Forms/OpenHouseSpring2005.pdf ************************************************************************* 17. Volunteer for the Vets - Feb. 25th! Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer interviewer for the Veterans History Project of the U.S. Library of Congress is invited to attend a free training session on Friday, February 25th from 5:30-7:00 p.m. (East Campus Union - room to be posted). This free event is sponsored by UAAD (University Association for Administrative Development) and is open to all interested volunteers. Please register in advance by sending an email to Margaret Koczan Ladely at mkoczan@unlnotes.unl.edu or calling 472-9581 as soon as possible. Registration is limited. For many veterans, deeply personal memories of wartime are as vivid to them today as they were years or even decades ago. The treasure of these memories is now being preserved for history by the efforts of the Veterans History Project (VHP). The VHP relies almost entirely on volunteers to interview and record these veterans' personal recollections. For more information: http://www.unl.edu/e-news/submissions/volunteer-for-vets-feb-25.html ************************************************************************* 18. The UNL Research Fair is March 8, 9 and 10 The UNL Research Fair will be held March 8, 9 and 10 in the Nebraska Union. Program Officers from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health are scheduled to make presentations on funding opportunities. All sessions are free, and registration is not required. Check our website for the schedule of activities: http://www.unl.edu/research ************************************************************************* 19. 53rd Nebraska Symposium on Motivation "Motivational Aspects of Prejudice and Racism," March 24-25th, 2005, Nebraska Union - 8:00 a.m. Pre-register on-line. The Symposium will highlight the work of scholars at the forefront of research on the motivational aspects of prejudice and racism and the impact on the targets of racial bias. Open to public. http://www.unl.edu/psypage/symposium ************************************************************************* 20. Celebration of Graduate Student Work is March 4 The annual Celebration of Graduate Student Work will be Friday, March 4, from 10am-4pm in the Van Brunt Visitors Center at 13th and Q sts. The event is free and open to the public. Twenty-three graduate students from the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts (School of Music and Department of Art and Art History), the College of Architecture, and the College of Education and Human Sciences (Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design) will display their work at the showcase. For more information, call 472-9355. ************************************************************************* 21. Sigma Xi Student Research Poster Competition - March 10 A Sigma Xi / Grad Studies student research poster competition will be held on March 10 at the Nebraska Union Ballroom from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Prizes will be given. Student authors must be present at their posters from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Maximum poster size 4'x 4.' Submit poster title by March 3 through the URL below. Call 472-2903 or email cdisney1@unl.edu for details. http://www.sigmaxi.org/chapters/web/nebraska ************************************************************************* 22. Agronomy and Horticulture Seminar "On-the-Go Canopy Sensors" will be presented by Dr. Garald Horst on Friday, February 25, at 3:00 p.m. in Room 327 Keim Hall. Refreshments will be served at 2:30. ************************************************************************* 23. Author Dorothy Allison to Speak at UNL March 3 Dorothy Allison, author of "Bastard Out of Carolina" and "Two or Three Things I Know for Sure," will speak in the Nebraska Union on March 3 at 7:30 p.m., with a book signing and reception to follow. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by UNL Committee on GLBT Concerns. Information: Barbara DiBernard at bdibernard2@unl.edu ************************************************************************* 24. Biological Sciences Seminar Series "Scale-dependence of species coexistence in plant communities: paradox or paradigm?" by Dr. Jason Fridley, Univ of North Carolina, on February 24 in 110 Hamilton Hall at 3:30 p.m. ************************************************************************* 25. SNR Seminar February 23 School of Natural Resources February 23 Seminar - "Reservoir Bottom Sediments: An Archive of Historical Human Activity and its Environmental Effects," by Dr. Kyle Juracek, Wednesday, February 23, 3:30-4:30 p.m.; 116 L.W. Chase Hall. ************************************************************************* 26. School of Natural Resources Seminar March 2 School of Natural Resources March 2 Seminar - "Trying to Develop a Fish's View of the Platte River (Where has all the water gone?)," by Dr. Edward Peters, Wednesday, March 2, 3:30-4:30 p.m.; 116 L.W. Chase Hall. ************************************************************************* 27. Center for Biotechnology/Life Sciences Seminar Series "Do conjugating enzymes expand the plant hormone signaling repertoire?" by Dr. Paul Staswick, Professor, Agronomy and Horticulture, UNL, on February 23, in E103 Beadle. Refreshments at 3:30, seminar from 4 to 5 p.m. Open to the public. http://www.biotech.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 28. Ctr Matls Res/North Cent States Nanosys Consort Seminar Mar. 9 Professor Stephen Ducharme, UNL, Physics & Astronomy Dept., will present an Internet II video seminar "Nanoscale Properties of Ferroelectric Polymers," on Wednesday, March 9, at 4:00 p.m. in 108 Bessey Hall. ************************************************************************* 29. Feb. 25th Stout Lecture David Stensrud, National Severe Storms Laboratory, "Value of short-range ensemble forecasts," Friday, Feb. 25, 3:30 p.m. in Bessey Auditorium. ************************************************************************* 30. Psychology Colloquium Psychology Department Colloquium: Friday, March 4, 11:30 a.m., Burnett 119, Title: Family and friends: Social influences on adolescent health behavior. Speaker: Dr. Rick Gibbons, Departments of Psychology, Iowa State University. ************************************************************************* 31. Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences Special Seminar Sabash Das, Candidate for Research Assistant Professor. Title: Studies on viral gene expression and vaccine design using negative-strand RNA viruses. Monday, Feb 28, 4:00 p.m., 145 VBS. ************************************************************************* 32. Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series "High Dielectric Constant Electroactive Nano-composites," Dr. Qiming Zhang, Electrical Engineering Department and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, on March 1, 2005 at 3:30 p.m., 105 Othmer Hall. Reception with refreshments at 3:00 in W317.1 Nebraska Hall, preceding the seminar. Open to the public. ************************************************************************* 33. Clinical Neuropharmacology Jacquelyn S. Fetrow, Reynolds Professor of Computational Biophysics at Wake Forest University, will present "From Molecular Function to Biological Mechanism: Feature Analysis of Protein Active Sites" on March 1 in Beadle N172 from 4-5 p.m. Refreshments will be served and all are welcome to attend. http://biochem.unl.edu/ ************************************************************************* 34. Bus. & Fin. Symposium - March 1 The next Bus. & Fin. Symposium will be a joint session dealing with Fraud Awareness and Employee Theft. This session will be held Tuesday, March 1, 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Nebraska Union. Room will be posted as Business & Finance Symposium. More information about this session and future topics can be found on the website listed below. Questions, or the need for additional information should be directed to 472-7907. http://busfin.unl.edu/bfsite/BFSymposium.htm ************************************************************************* 35. Role of the Supervisor Seminar - March 2 Examine different leadership/management styles, and develop a better understanding of what motivates your employees. Learn to develop the key skills and psychological concepts effective supervisors must have in today's environments at this seminar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., March 2, at Mahoney State Park. Sponsored by the Department of Management Business Seminars, this seminar is led by Fred Luthans, professor of Management at UNL. He receives rave reviews from seminar participants on his ability to impart practical management techniques and current research findings. The seminar costs $250, which covers instruction, handouts and lunch. To register or for details, call 472-0860 or visit: http://www.mds.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 36. Gain assertive skills - Seminar March 9 Assertive or aggressive? Assertive or passive-aggressive? You'll learn the difference in these terms, assess your behavioral style in dealing with others and develop plans to assert yourself in certain situations at this interactive seminar, "Assertive Skills Training," from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 9 at Mahoney State Park. Sponsored by the Department of Management Business Seminars, this seminar is led by Tom O'Connor, director of the UNL E. J. Faulkner Writing and Speaking Lab. To register or for details, call 472-0860 or visit: http://www.mds.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 37. Creating & Managing Teams - Seminar March 16 Want to organize teams that are more effective? Learn how to help your teams reach their potential at this interactive seminar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 16, at Mahoney State Park. Sponsored by the Department of Management Business Seminars, this seminar is led by Dawn Braithwaite, professor and director of Graduate Studies of Communication Studies at UNL. She has conducted research on participation in decision making and on communication and change for businesses, unions and government agencies. To register or for details, call 472-0860 or visit: http://www.mds.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 38. Communicate in Difficult Situations - Seminar March 23 Learn the practical approaches to communicate in a calm, confident and professional manner under pressure at this interactive seminar from 9 am-4 pm March 23, at Mahoney State Park. Sponsored by the Department of Management Business Seminars, this seminar is led by Bill Seiler, professor and chair of the Department of Communication Studies at UNL. He is an expert in areas of business and organizational communication, psycho-linguistics, statistics, interviewing, and classroom communication. To register or for details, call 472-0860 or visit: http://www.mds.unl.edu ************************************************************************* 39. Graduate Studies Workshop: Grants Management 101 If you'd like to learn more about grants management, join us on Thursday, February 24 at 1:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union. Lynne Smejdir, Candace Ristow, & Jeanne Wicks will take us through the steps from project management to project closeout. Sponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies. Register online at the web site below. http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/gsapd/ ************************************************************************* 40. Workshops on Incorporating Service-Learning into Your Course Volunteer Service-Learning will be holding three workshops in March and April on how to use service-learning community projects in your course curriculum. Register online (by Friday 2/25) at the web address below, and check out our new website designed specifically for faculty. We can do much of the work as you plan an exciting and rewarding course for fall semester! http://www.unl.edu/involved ************************************************************************* 41. Saturn, Comet Macholz and Moon at Student Observatory The Student Observatory on the parking garage at Stadium Blvd. and T St. will be open from 7 - 10 p.m. on Friday, February 25 for telescopic viewing Saturn, Comet Macholz, and the moon, weather permitting. Free admission, children welcome. For information call Dr. Martin Gaskell, 472-4788. http://www.physics.unl.edu/directory/gaskell/stdobs.html ************************************************************************* 42. Job Search Workshop, Tuesday March 1: Negotiating the Job Offer The Office of Graduate Studies presents the final workshop in its Job Search Series on Tuesday, March 1, in the Nebraska Union at 1:30 p.m. This session will deal with "Negotiating Academic Job Offers." If you are on the job market or will be soon, you'll find this workshop valuable. To register online, go to our website below: http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/gsapd/ ************************************************************************* 43. Conversations for First Year Doctoral Students, Thurs. Feb. 24 Join us for the final "Conversations for First-Year Doctoral Students," sponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies on Thursday, February 24 in the Nebraska Union from 4 to 5 p.m. We will be discussing the topic, "Moving Forward: Planning for the Second Year." To register online, go to our website below. http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/gsapd/ ************************************************************************* 44. OASIS Study Skill: Writing Workshop Dr. Bennie Shobe Jr. from Doane College will give a presentation on how to increase your writing skills on March 24 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Lower Level of the Culture Center. ************************************************************************* 45. Dr. Patrick Dennis from NSF about the Grant Submission Process Special Seminar sponsored by Microbiology Initiative, EPSCoR, & Biological Sciences. Dr. Patrick Dennis from the National Science Foundation will speak on "The National Science Foundation: Organizational Structure & the Grant Process." Monday, February 28 in E228 Beadle at 4 p.m. Please contact Lynn Denison, 472-2810, or email rdenison2@unl.edu for any questions or to arrange a meeting with Dr. Dennis. ************************************************************************* 46. Shakespeare's Sister UNL students, staff, and faculty will read and listen to works by women authors. Sign up in Oldfather 1207 to read or just drop in when you don't have class. This event takes place on Tuesday, March 1 from 9 a.m to 3 p.m. in Bailey Library of Andrews Hall. Come and go as you can. http://www.unl.edu/involved ************************************************************************* 47. Farooka Gauhari: An Afghan Woman's Story Discussion and Lecture on her memoir - Searching for Saleem: An Afghan Woman's Odyssey. Book signing and reception will follow. Presented in conjunction with Women's Week. This event takes place on Wednesday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Centennial Room, and is FREE with UNL ID or $3 for the public. ************************************************************************* 48. All American Yemeni Girls The University Bookstore will host a reading and signing by faculty author Loukia Sarroub, Thurs. March 3rd, 12:30-2:00 p.m. Sarroub's new book, "All American Yemeni Girls: Being Muslim in a Public School" examines the impact of religion on students in public schools, and how students make sense of their various identities. For more information, call the bookstore at 472-8560. The University Bookstore is located in the lower level of the Nebraska Union. ************************************************************************* 49. IRB 101: Common Protocol Errors The IRB monthly training session will be held on February 24, 2005 at 2:00 in 203 Alex West. (Please note the change in the date). The information required in the protocol will be discussed along with the common protocol errors. Please register by contacting Becky Freeman at bfreeman@unlnotes.unl.edu or 472-8127. This session will NOT take the place of CITI training. http://www.unl.edu/research/ReComp1/compliance.shtml ************************************************************************* 50. UNOPA March Meeting The University of Nebraska Office Personnel Association will hold its March meeting at the East Campus Union, Tues., March 8, 11:45 a.m. Topic this month is "Landscape - Webster's definition: 'A picture of natural, inland scenery.'" For registration info, contact Donette Petersen, 472-5723, or visit the UNOPA website. http://www.unl.edu/unopa/index.htm ************************************************************************* 51. Toastmasters' EC Speakers: Help for the Tongue-Tied Learn the skills to become a confident speaker, leader and listener. And do it in a supportive and fun atmosphere with Toastmasters. E.C. Speakers Club meets every Wednesday, noon to 1 p.m. in the East Campus Union. Call 472-2821 for more information. Visitors are always welcome. http://www.ianr.unl.edu/ecspeakers ************************************************************************* 52. NU Skills - Learn to Present with POWER February 24 Build your confidence as a presenter and achieve the results you want every time you speak. Join NU Skills on line seminars for "Presenting with POWER" on February 24. Learn how to prepare and deliver effective presentations that keep your audience engaged. Cost: $39 ($45 w/in 24 hrs.) Learn more and enroll online. http://nuskills.webex.com ************************************************************************* 53. Annual Studio Art Undergraduate Exhibition opens Feb. 28 The Department of Art and Art History's Annual Studio Art Undergraduate Competitive Exhibition will run February 28-March 17 in the Eisentrager-Howard Gallery in Richards Hall. An opening reception will be held Monday, February 28, from 5-7pm in the gallery. For more information, call 472-5025. ************************************************************************* 54. Steel Art: Japanese Swords. . . This exhibition features swords from the collection of Professor Peter Bleed. February 15 - May 8. Open to the public. Admission is free. (Suggested donation $2.00.) Hewit Place, 1155 Q St., (corner of 12th and Q.), lower level. http://www.unl.edu/lentz ************************************************************************* 55. "Creating Communities Creating Change" Art Show Artwork celebrating women will be on display in the Nebraska East Union Loft Gallery from March 1 - March 31. The opening of the gallery will be on the March 4 from 5-7 p.m. This art show is part of the Women's History Month/Women's Week celebration. http://www.unl.edu/involved ************************************************************************* 56. Now playing @ THE ROSS In BAD EDUCATION, the hero-victim Ignacio, like many recent Almodóvar protagonists, alters his destiny by turning his experiences into a work of art. BROTHER TO BROTHER is a feature length narrative film which follows the emotional and psychological journey of a young Black gay artist as he discovers the hidden legacies of the gay and lesbian subcultures within the Harlem Renaissance. Check the website or call 472-5353 for show times. http://theross.org ************************************************************************* 57. UNL Wind Ensemble Performance Three guest soloists and composer-in-residence David Maslanka highlight the performance of the UNL Wind Ensemble on March 6th at 3:00 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. Admission is $5.00 for adults; $3.00 for students and senior citizens. Call 472-2505 for more information. http://www.unl.edu/band ************************************************************************* 58. UNL Symphonic Band Performances The UNL Symphonic Band is performing in Kimball Recital Hall at 11:00 a.m. on March 4th. This performance is part of the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association Convention and there is no admission charge. The Symphonic Band is also performing in Kimball Hall at 7:30 p.m. on March 10th. Admission is $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students and senior citizens. http://www.unl.edu/band ************************************************************************* 59. Heartland of America Band Performance The United States Air Force Heartland of America Concert Band is performing in Kimball Recital Hall on Thursday, March 3 at 7:30 p.m. Admission to the concert is free on a first-come-first-served basis. The hall opens one hour before the performance. Call 472-2505 for more information or visit the URL below. http://www.unl.edu/band ************************************************************************* 60. "Riverdance" at the Lied Center this week Few shows have touched audiences like "Riverdance" - the original international phenomenon. Now this celebration of Irish music, song, and dance returns to the Lied Center for 8 performances - February 23-27. For more information, visit the Lied Center web site. http://www.unl.edu/lied ************************************************************************* 61. Live UNO Maverick Hockey on Nebraska ETV There's going to be some heat on some cold ice as two of the NCAA's Central Collegiate Hockey Association's teams face off when the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Mavericks host the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks on "Maverick Hockey," airing Saturday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. on Nebraska ETV Channel 12, telecast live from the Qwest Center in Omaha, and in high-definition where available. ************************************************************************* 62. State High School Swimming & Diving Finals on Nebraska ETV School pride and state honors are up for grabs as high school swimming and diving teams from across Nebraska compete for boys' and girls' state titles on the "Nebraska High School Swimming and Diving Championships" airing Saturday, Feb. 26, at noon on Nebraska ETV Channel 12. The four-hour competition is telecast live and in high-definition where available from the Bob Devaney Sports Center. ************************************************************************* 63. NETV's "Statewide" Reports on Youth Obesity This week NETV's "Statewide" reports on youth obesity, examining whether school lunch programs fight or contribute to the problem, and how one school makes fitness a priority as P.E. programs are being cut across the state. Plus an interview with "Hunger Pains" author Mary Pipher. "Statewide" airs Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at noon on NETV, and Saturdays at 9:30 p.m., Sundays at 8:30 a.m. and Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. on NETV2. "Statewide," Nebraska's award-winning weekly news journal, is a University Television production. http://mynptv.org/nptv/ click on "news" ************************************************************************* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *